Mother Nature helps firefighters...Brangelina twins born...WWII bomb found

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) Firefighters have made some headway against a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Favorable weather has allowed crews to get the blaze 55-percent contained.

About 300 homes are still at risk in the area.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Ten people have been rescued from a remote island in Alaska where a sudden volcano eruption is spewing ash and volcanic rock. The volcano erupted yesterday for the first time since 1997.

PARIS (AP) The Brangelina family has grown by two members.

Angelina Jolie delivered a girl and a boy by Cesarian section last night. The boy is named Knox Leon and the girl is Vivienne Marcheline. Jolie's doctor says the babies, the actress and her partner Brad Pitt are all doing well.

SAN DIEGO (AP) Barack Obama says there's "little doubt" the country has moved into a recession. The Democrat is pushing for another economic stimulus package, greater efforts to shore up the Housing Market and a reduction in foreign oil imports.

TOKYO (AP) More than 5,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Osaka, Japan, while Army experts disposed of an unexploded one-ton bomb. It's believed to have been dropped by U.S.

warplanes during World War II. A similar bomb was found on the outskirts of Tokyo in May.

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